(Photo: Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured: The cart, moments before it leaves the stage for China) What a closing weekend! Two out of the three final shows sold out; two out of three with standing ovations; all three shows among our best. I think it was the strongest we’ve ever closed a show (though to quote Szymborska,…
(Photo: Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured: Liz Douglas, Chris Wight, Becky Byers) Helen Shaw’s review for Time Out New York is out! We’d been hoping to lure one of the 3 regular TONY reviewers to our shows for some time now, as they have a great track record of championing artists off the beaten path (Cote for…
(Photo: Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured: Liz Douglas, Becky Byers) I hadn’t heard of Big Vision, Empty Wallet (though I connect a wee bit with the concept) and so was psyched that Mateo Moreno’s review was not only good, but introduced me to a new website! It’s a combo review with Beirut, another play that imagines the…
(Photo: Isaiah Tanenbum. Pictured: Zack Robidas, Julian Stetkevych) John Peacock has made Flavorpill an Editor Pick! Though short, it certainly is sweet, and I’m happy to choose this as my favorite quote: A brilliant blend of savagery and poignancy, the play succeeds in being humorous and thoughtful in equal measures, an elegy for humanity and…
(Photo: Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured: Lori E. Parquet, Chris Wight) Will Kenton’s review is up at Cultural Capitol! As you may recall, I appreciated the wider angle he brought to his Jacob’s House review, and he brings the same insights to the this review, perhaps best exemplified by this great quote: The play is a riff…
(Photo: Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured: Liz Douglas, Becky Byers) Karen Tortora-Lee’s review is out at The Happiest Medium! Karen is another one of our long time reviewers, so we always look forward to her take on our work. I lover her comparison of Zetta to Quixote (and the stories within stories structure of both make the…
(Photo: Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured: Chris Wight, Lori E. Parquet) Aaron Grunfeld returns to Flux for his Metromix review: the last (and only) time he reviewed us was for Pretty Theft, and I was especially interested his structural questions regarding the middle of the play (after many months, I think the decisive factor was our inability…
(Photo: Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured: Lori E. Parquet, Becky Byers, Liz Douglas) Will Fulton’s review for nytheatre.com is out. As a reviewer who is new to me, I checked out his bio and discovered he has both worked with 500 Clown and has a B.A. in Comparative Literature, which may be an ideal combination for a…
(Photo: Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured: Lori E. Parquet, Chris Wight) Aaron Riccio’s review over at That Sounds Cool is out! Aaron’s review are always helpfully specific – he’s willing to take the time to lift the hood and prowl around in the engine of the play. He has some interesting thoughts about the structure of the…
(Photo: Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured:Zack Robidas, Becky Byers, Julian Stetkevych) In a way, I completely understand where Claudia La Rocco is coming from (oh, her review in The New York Times is out). The first time I encountered the play, way back at the 2002 Bay Area Playwrights Festival, I loved it, but harbored reservations about…
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